Examples
“I live in a house on stilts near the coast and a tarp is only needed to keep dust and pollen off and as I said its a jonboat so I can live with a little dirt.”
“The tarp is currently on the field, and the weather report calls for a decent chance of rain all night.”
“The weather report and the sky over Nationals Park are both ominous, but at the moment the tarp is off and players are warming up in the outfield.”
The Washington Post: Game 157 discussion thread: Nationals vs. Phillies
“The outbreak has long been feared by relief groups, concerned for the refugees living in tarp-tent cities with poor sanitation and squalid conditions.”
The Washington Post: Haitians suffer cholera outbreak amid squalid conditions
“You can see the pink smears on the tarp from the explosion.”
“After arrival we all were busy with the different tasks of unpacking, setting up four tents, a rain tarp and getting camp organized; as we wanted to get everything up in case any weather was to move in.”
“In between the doors, when the tarp is lifted, Hombre de Fuego adds seven more rocks to the lodge, making for an increasingly hotter space as the evening progresses.”
Into a realm of spirits: a Native American sweat lodge ceremony
“The quickest and sturdiest way to pitch the tarp is to drape it over a log or stretched cord, one end of which is on the ground and the other raised 4 feet.”
“A lightweight tarp is the most versatile manmade shelter you can pack.”
“While the tarp is on the Timberwolves-Kings series, we can reflect on the coaching past of Minnesota's Flip Saunders.”
Lists
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Abbreviations & symbolic numbers
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
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Choppers
Words that have been cut down from their original glory, ie. apocopes, but are still 'understandable' in the chopped form. eg. doc for doctor. Most of them are horribilisms, I know :-( Let's keep t...
doc, rep, van, bus, fridge, pub, flu, hon, santa, diff, blog, exam and 49 more...
Tweets
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artoparts Trouble Asset Relief Program. The nine companies receiving the initial $125 billion are Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Bank of America Corp., Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and State Street Corp., the only firm to report increased profits. Oct. 30 (Bloomberg.com) Oct 30, 2008
oroboros Prat in reverse. Jul 22, 2007